- Abstract:
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We report the successful treatment of envenoming by the Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) and include results of in vitro investigations of the haemostatic properties of the whole venom. The patient was admitted to casualty soon after the bite with chest tightness, dizziness, nausea and swelling at the site of the bite and was treated immediately with polyspecific antivenom, hydrocortisone, chlorpheniramine and antibiotics. Results of haemostatic investigations were essentially normal on admissio...
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- 10.1016/0035-9203(93)90427-r
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- Journal:
- Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Volume:
- 87
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 66-70
- Publication date:
- 1993
- DOI:
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1878-3503
- ISSN:
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0035-9203
- URN:
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uuid:a87b37d8-39e3-4f0b-8b47-4fe7e75cf729
- Source identifiers:
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61176
- Local pid:
- pubs:61176
- Language:
- English
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- Copyright date:
- 1993
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Accidental envenoming by a Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica): the haemostatic disturbances observed and investigation of in vitro haemostatic properties of whole venom.
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